Thursday, March 9
10:00 am
Welcome
10:05 am
KEYNOTE: Guillermina Jasso, New York University
10:45 am

Spillover Effects of Immigration Policies on Children’s Human Capital

Esther Arenas Arroyo, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Bernhard Schmidpeter, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Discussant:
Camila Morales, University of Texas at Dallas
11:30 am

Immigration and Inequality in the Next Generation

Mark Borgschulte, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Heepyung Cho, Korea University
Darren Lubotsky, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER
Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Riley Wilson, Brigham Young University
12:15 pm
Break
1:00 pm

Immigration and Incarceration in the US: 1870-2020

Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University and NBER
Leah Platt Boustan, Princeton University and NBER
Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis and NBER
Elisa Jacome, Northwestern University and NBER
Juan David Torres, Stanford University

Discussant:
Ernesto Tiburcio, UC Berkeley
1:45 pm

Taking Part without Blending In: Legalization Policies and the Integration of Immigrants

Stephanie Zonszein, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Delia Furtado, University of Connecticut
2:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, March 10
10:00 am
Welcome
10:05 am
KEYNOTE: Christian Dustmann, University College London
10:45 am

Are Immigrants More Innovative? Evidence from Entrepreneurs

J. David Brown, U.S. Census Bureau
John S. Earle, George Mason University
Mee Jung Kim, Sejong University
Kyung Min Lee, The World Bank
Zhen Liu, George Mason University

Discussant:
Alejandro Gutierrez-Li, North Carolina State University
11:30 am

The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States

Paola Giuliano, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University
12:15 pm
Break
1:00 pm

The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions on US Firms and Workers: Evidence from a Randomized Lottery

Michael A. Clemens, George Mason University
Ethan G. Lewis, Dartmouth College and NBER

Discussant:
Parag Mahajan, University of Delaware
1:45 pm

The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery and US Employer-Employee Data (slides)

Agostina Brinatti, University of Michigan
Mingyu Chen, IZA Institute of Labour Economics
Parag Mahajan, University of Delaware
Nicolas Morales, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Kevin Y. Shih, University of California, Riverside

Discussant:
Ethan G. Lewis, Dartmouth College and NBER
2:30 pm
Closing
2:35 pm
Adjourn